San Francisco Bay Area singer-songwriter, Adrienne Shamszad, writes revolutionary anthems, prayerful power ballads, soul-stirring love songs, the blues, lullabies, and sing-alongs. She is a bold performer known for engaging and connecting her audiences with her humor, vulnerability, and inspirational healing sounds. Adrienne plays guitar, piano, and setar to accompany her strong and soulful voice.
Adrienne’s influences as a guitarist and songwriter are rooted in American folk, rock, and R&B and heavily influenced by the poetry and vocal expression of the Iranian musical traditions. Adrienne’s music is a bridge between these two dimensions of her heritage and she passionately forges her own singer-songwriter genre; American Roots with Mystic Soul.
Adrienne is a two-time recipient of the Living Cultures grant through the Alliance for California Traditional Arts (ACTA). She is a multi dimensional artist with extensive training in western classical and jazz vocal technique, acting, musical theater, and music education. She has performed at the Berkeley Repertory Theater as an actress and a composer. She has performed and toured with SOVOSO, an A capella group consisting of members of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra. She has released two full-length albums, an EP and multiple singles and has shared her original music around the world and throughout the United States.
To learn more about Adrienne, visit her website at adrienneshamszad.com
